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majority to close corporate tax loopholes, raise rates at the top back to where they were during the clinton administration -- with and creating that bias in the constitution -- a minute ago, you said your budget passed by a majority vote. you are right. you guys are the majority. if there was a budget, under this provision, that got a majority vote, but there was not a 2/3 vote, you would not be able to send it over to the senate. i think it is a huge mistake to change the constitution in that way. >> that is certainly a debate we will have tomorrow. >> from where does that provision come? you are a member of this body. you believe in the traditions of this house. there are very few things that have more than a majority required to make them happen. is there something about the nature of this crisis and the precipices it since the country off of that lead to to take this radical step? >> we have to understand the gravity of the situation. we are approaching 95% of gdp for our debt, and there is no end in sight. there is a lot of lip service to the idea that we want to reduce the deficit, bu
majority to close corporate tax loopholes, raise rates at the top back to where they were during the clinton administration -- with and creating that bias in the constitution -- a minute ago, you said your budget passed by a majority vote. you are right. you guys are the majority. if there was a budget, under this provision, that got a majority vote, but there was not a 2/3 vote, you would not be able to send it over to the senate. i think it is a huge mistake to change the constitution in that...
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lynch: we had nine separate investigations of hillary clinton. rep. chaffetz: the gentleman is out of order. i gave you well more than five minutes. what i think it's inappropriate, and i am trying to answer the question -- it would be wholly inappropriate for the united states congress, for us to dive into the dccc. you might want to do an investigation yourself of the dccc. i don't think the united states congress should be diving into their individual private systems of a political party. you might want to do an investigationif you want me to g subpoenas on the dccc, i am probably not going to do it, but suggest it. senator lunch -- a line rep. lynch: -- rep. lynch: the gentleman's time -- >> the gentleman yields. i think we need to come down here. mr. chairman, you have made some statements. i ask you to give him the courtesy of a minute and a half to respond. .ep. chaffetz: no, i will not rep. cummings: will the gentleman let me finish? thank you. this has been an attack on our democracy. lynch is one of our greatest members. the passion that he
lynch: we had nine separate investigations of hillary clinton. rep. chaffetz: the gentleman is out of order. i gave you well more than five minutes. what i think it's inappropriate, and i am trying to answer the question -- it would be wholly inappropriate for the united states congress, for us to dive into the dccc. you might want to do an investigation yourself of the dccc. i don't think the united states congress should be diving into their individual private systems of a political party....
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trump is in the white house and not hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> i think god for a lot of things, but i think god every day for that -- i think god for a lot of things, but i think god god for a lot of god everyday thank for that. they are fighting for their freedom. hope is rebuilding our economy, military and local alliances. he understands the future of our republic is that state. donald trump understands that republic is that state. i hope to deliver that message to you today. nose of you from georgia that this is not a new message. i fully believe -- thank you. eftt china's th of our intellectual property. we need to pray for him this weekend as he goes to singapore. [applause] freedoms and our to deal with china, washington has got to start thinking long-term. in 1789, when george washington took office as our first has the largest economy in the world at that time. not many americans know that. now they are aiming to claim what they believe is their rightful place in the world order. if we want to protect our freedoms, we canno
trump is in the white house and not hillary rodham clinton. [applause] >> i think god for a lot of things, but i think god every day for that -- i think god for a lot of things, but i think god god for a lot of god everyday thank for that. they are fighting for their freedom. hope is rebuilding our economy, military and local alliances. he understands the future of our republic is that state. donald trump understands that republic is that state. i hope to deliver that message to you...
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hillary clinton was the candidate, but we did not have hillary clinton. i said, what if? they said, that would be different. i reported back to hillary. well, you have the congressional delegation. said, labor would support hillary clinton, which you? and they said, you don't have hillary clinton. they said they would support her and so would we. i reported that. had an association of businessman that would meet once a month. i gave a talk to them. labor has ideas, congressional has ideas, people have ideas, but we have to raise money. we need people who truly believe rudolph giuliani is not the in theto represent us united states senate. these people want hillary clinton. it was bigger than me, it was bigger than life. such a greatas united states senator. all of these things were so totally unrelated. she isople say that responsible for this, and bill clinton says, my wife did not have the slightest idea of going into politics. rangel talkede -- them into run for senate. said, i wasy wife just begging her for seven years to marry me. but it worked out. >> what do you th
hillary clinton was the candidate, but we did not have hillary clinton. i said, what if? they said, that would be different. i reported back to hillary. well, you have the congressional delegation. said, labor would support hillary clinton, which you? and they said, you don't have hillary clinton. they said they would support her and so would we. i reported that. had an association of businessman that would meet once a month. i gave a talk to them. labor has ideas, congressional has ideas,...
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so president clinton handed on a silver platter. so have anything to do with whitewater we don't need to argue that with you. in the tone is incredulous. and then the question migrated to a different suppositions. >>. >> so for the reality is and that does cooperate and then when it comes time to decide. senator blue with paul?. >> and to have some experience in that area the night begins important for us but that is the granting of immunity. in that is a potential obstacle of the of criminal charges. and then to be familiar with the law as a practical matter. is based upon your experience what would you recommend as up practical mechanics? should be recharged to a special prosecutor? of those you should not be granted immunity? if somebody is unwilling to testify? i realize that without a wage war in the circumstances you may have difficulty prescribing the general rule but in the sense and with federation. >> if held the view should assume that is subordinate sublet not have the general rule. >> the special council authorizes you
so president clinton handed on a silver platter. so have anything to do with whitewater we don't need to argue that with you. in the tone is incredulous. and then the question migrated to a different suppositions. >>. >> so for the reality is and that does cooperate and then when it comes time to decide. senator blue with paul?. >> and to have some experience in that area the night begins important for us but that is the granting of immunity. in that is a potential obstacle of...
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hillary clinton and the e-mail scandal. the american people are upset with all the high-level officials who seem to get by without a slap on the wrist. newink we have reached a day when the executive branch, we don't hear from the fbi, the attorney general's office, they are not willing to act on those who break laws and defy the american people. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. oversighte house theittee hearing into investigation of hillary clinton's e-mail server. who reviewed the e-mails testify before the committee. this is part of a series the committee is holding on the investigation. >> come to order. an important hearing today. appreciate you all being here. i've got to tell you, i wish i didn't have to compel you to be here. we asked you as legislative liaisons. we can declare a recess at any time. we have a couple of goals for the hearing in our investigation and our need to do our constitutional duty. one, the fbi needs to produce its full investigative file to the united states congress. i mean the ful
hillary clinton and the e-mail scandal. the american people are upset with all the high-level officials who seem to get by without a slap on the wrist. newink we have reached a day when the executive branch, we don't hear from the fbi, the attorney general's office, they are not willing to act on those who break laws and defy the american people. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. oversighte house theittee hearing into investigation of hillary clinton's e-mail server. who...
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regularly conservatives ask me how can we defeat hillary clinton in 2016. limited a lemon it -- a government that is not part of the crony washington government. on comments by some republican leaders, they may be backtracking on repealing obama care. there is still a major divide by republican leaders and the voters. bible and to lincoln tells us a house divided cannot stand. today the republican party is still very much a house divided. i will now handed over to the ambassador of the united nations human rights commission. >> those standing before you today represent organizations that are in touch and integrated well with the grassroots of america. as we crisscross this country and watch the -- and watch the election become nationalized we noted those issues that mobilize and energize the base of voters that turned out to give the republicans a clear majority in the senate and an overwhelming majority in the house. repeal obama care and stop amnesty and other forms of lawlessness. we watched over the course of this campaign soccer moms being moms,ormed t
regularly conservatives ask me how can we defeat hillary clinton in 2016. limited a lemon it -- a government that is not part of the crony washington government. on comments by some republican leaders, they may be backtracking on repealing obama care. there is still a major divide by republican leaders and the voters. bible and to lincoln tells us a house divided cannot stand. today the republican party is still very much a house divided. i will now handed over to the ambassador of the united...
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the russian government's effort to help donald trump by providing derogatory information on hillary clinton. and, of course, the secret conversations that then-acting national security adviser mike flynn had with a russian ambassador. conversations that he lied about and other transition officials were aware of, that the vice president misrepresented unknowingly to the country. all of that bears on the issue of collusion. there are other facts outside of the public domain, and one of the most important parts of the investigation is putting the pieces together. but still, there was work to be done on that issue and others, work we have not been allowed to do. our committee has not interviewed george papadopoulos. but there are witnesses that were involved in our knowledgeable about the trump tower meeting who have not been brought before our committee. there are text messages we have not sought to subpoena. we are releasing this evening a 22 page status report on the investigation that sets out some of the key witnesses the majority has been unwilling to bring in, key documents they had been
the russian government's effort to help donald trump by providing derogatory information on hillary clinton. and, of course, the secret conversations that then-acting national security adviser mike flynn had with a russian ambassador. conversations that he lied about and other transition officials were aware of, that the vice president misrepresented unknowingly to the country. all of that bears on the issue of collusion. there are other facts outside of the public domain, and one of the most...
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president clinton traveled to africa to talk about it. in august, 50 heads of african countries would be here to talk about the expansion of trade. by perceiving that, the president and members of congress and the 500 african students that wanted to learn more about the united states of america. acquire those talents and economic reasons to take back home. run by that should be heads of state. with all the money that china is pouring into africa, it would mean nothing if they don't have the principles of these young people. that is one of the other programs that i started with scholars in the state department. when i first came in to congress, it was pointed out, everybody would want to know which -- now that there are 43 of us with so many young people to train the school with the state department's and making go to foreign service. now our state department is represented overseas as we are. >> here is the first video we could find in our archive of your appearance on c-span. as of 1985, on the floor of the house. [video clip] >> and it
president clinton traveled to africa to talk about it. in august, 50 heads of african countries would be here to talk about the expansion of trade. by perceiving that, the president and members of congress and the 500 african students that wanted to learn more about the united states of america. acquire those talents and economic reasons to take back home. run by that should be heads of state. with all the money that china is pouring into africa, it would mean nothing if they don't have the...
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hillary clinton is a remarkable woman with an extraordinary history of public service. it would not be my job to run against them. it would be my job, if she ran and if i ran, to debate the serious issues facing our country as intelligent people should be doing in a democracy. [applause] this is how i always get myself in trouble and i am getting my wife nervous already. we can't have that serious debate if the media doesn't allow it. so i would urge my media friends, that instead of political gossip, let us talk about the real issues and respect different points of view. but when 63% of the people in a poll last year didn't know which political parties controlled the house and the senate, something is wrong with political consciousness in this country. so what we need is civil intelligent debates on the real issues facing the american people. not more political gossip of "who's winning today and who's losing? who slipped on a banana peel? who said something particularly stupid?" i'm sure i did today. but let it be -- "how do we rebuild a crumbling middle class? how do
hillary clinton is a remarkable woman with an extraordinary history of public service. it would not be my job to run against them. it would be my job, if she ran and if i ran, to debate the serious issues facing our country as intelligent people should be doing in a democracy. [applause] this is how i always get myself in trouble and i am getting my wife nervous already. we can't have that serious debate if the media doesn't allow it. so i would urge my media friends, that instead of political...
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george papadopoulos was told in april of 2016, knew that the russians had stolen clinton emails. who did papadopoulos share that information with? was it part of the reason why the president's son and son-in-law and campaign manager were disappointed in what the russians produced in a trump tower meeting, because the campaign have been informed that they have far better derogatory information about hillary clinton? we are prevented from finding out, but i can only hope that bob mueller operates under no such restriction, and that over time we will get the answers. thean you say anymore about types of witnesses for people who might continue to work with you as part of your investigation? [indiscernible] this istative schiff: the great irony, the majority has said we spend too much time investigating russia and we are going to shut it down. but we are going to continue investigate the u.s. government. that tells you all you need to know. the priority of the majority has not been finding out what the trump campaign did, but to carry the water for the administration by putting the go
george papadopoulos was told in april of 2016, knew that the russians had stolen clinton emails. who did papadopoulos share that information with? was it part of the reason why the president's son and son-in-law and campaign manager were disappointed in what the russians produced in a trump tower meeting, because the campaign have been informed that they have far better derogatory information about hillary clinton? we are prevented from finding out, but i can only hope that bob mueller operates...
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president clinton knows this. when he was campaigning here in 1992 he said he was going to build a bridge to the 20th century and guess what? he did. he built that bridge mplets 8 million people lifted out of poverty, shared prosperity around the country. he knew when we make gains, everybody ought to take part in that. [cheers and applause] my friend always says we all do better when we all do better. but since president clinton left the office in 2001, republicans have been determined to tear that bredge down. they've replaced it with a bridge to nowhere. . call the bridge backward inquality in this country not seen since the 1920's. iowans don't want to go quackward. we do not want a tea party senator who says she wants to abolish the department of ducation and repeal the cainer act, and privatize medicare. now, friends, joanienst is known for what she does to hogs. [laughter] but i got to tell you, what scares me is what she wants to do to people. especially working people, our students, our seniors. she says
president clinton knows this. when he was campaigning here in 1992 he said he was going to build a bridge to the 20th century and guess what? he did. he built that bridge mplets 8 million people lifted out of poverty, shared prosperity around the country. he knew when we make gains, everybody ought to take part in that. [cheers and applause] my friend always says we all do better when we all do better. but since president clinton left the office in 2001, republicans have been determined to tear...
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votes we received, and the fact that we ended up receiving more votes from young people than trump and clinton combined -- [cheers and applause] iswhat all of that showed that those ideas were non-radical ideas, they were common sense, american ideas that the american people support it. [cheers and applause] today, four years later, those very ideas are supported by democratic candidates from school board to president of the united states. words, we have made real progress in transforming the political debate in america. people now understand that those ideas are not radical, that those ideas are exactly what we need in our country. let me tell you today exactly what the agenda is that i am running on for president. say aswe've straightforwardly as we can to the private health insurance companies that whether you like it or not we are going to end the international embarrassment of the united states being the only major country honor that does not guarantee health care to all people as a right. we will no applause] longer accept the absurdity of spending twice as much per capita on health care
votes we received, and the fact that we ended up receiving more votes from young people than trump and clinton combined -- [cheers and applause] iswhat all of that showed that those ideas were non-radical ideas, they were common sense, american ideas that the american people support it. [cheers and applause] today, four years later, those very ideas are supported by democratic candidates from school board to president of the united states. words, we have made real progress in transforming the...
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those who adhere to the mission of the great community organizer rules for radicals, who also hillary clinton studied under by the way directly, whom barack obama seems to be a philosophical protege. the rules for radicals clearly applied to acorn. they were activist. they did intimidate. it was part of their m.o. acorn project vote and dozens and dozens of other subsidiaries of acorn scattered across this country. acorn central headquarters is down in new orleans. it's been moved from downtown new orleans out to the outskirts of new orleans. at 26069 canal street. a $2.5 million building, roughly, relatively new and modern. that houses many of the subsidiary corporations that one can connect. i filed the list a. list that is incomplete but is a list of 174 of the more than 250 corporation that is are affiliated with acorn. i filed them into the congressional record as part of the amendments that were to go on the justice appropriations bill. that was managed by mr. mollohan and concluded yesterday. of course those amendments were denied not quite in secret but up here where you can't hardly
those who adhere to the mission of the great community organizer rules for radicals, who also hillary clinton studied under by the way directly, whom barack obama seems to be a philosophical protege. the rules for radicals clearly applied to acorn. they were activist. they did intimidate. it was part of their m.o. acorn project vote and dozens and dozens of other subsidiaries of acorn scattered across this country. acorn central headquarters is down in new orleans. it's been moved from downtown...
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hillary clinton was the candidate, but we did not have hillary clinton. i said, what if? they said, that would be different. i reported back to hillary. they said, "well, you have the congressional delegation." i told them -- i said, labor would support hillary clinton, would you?" and they said, you don't have hillary clinton. they said they would support her and so would we. i reported that. then we had an association of businessman that would meet once a month. i gave a talk to them. labor has ideas, congressional has ideas, people have ideas, but we have to raise money. we need people who truly believe rudolph giuliani is not the person to represent us in the united states senate. i said that these people want hillary clinton. it was bigger than me. it was bigger than life. my god, she was such a great united states senator. it was how all of these things were so totally unrelated. -- she iseople say responsible for this, and bill clinton says, "my wife did not have the slightest idea of going into politics until charlie rangel talked her into going into politics." it
hillary clinton was the candidate, but we did not have hillary clinton. i said, what if? they said, that would be different. i reported back to hillary. they said, "well, you have the congressional delegation." i told them -- i said, labor would support hillary clinton, would you?" and they said, you don't have hillary clinton. they said they would support her and so would we. i reported that. then we had an association of businessman that would meet once a month. i gave a talk...
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president clinton traveled to africa to talk about it. in august, 50 heads of african countries would be here to talk about the expansion of trade. by perceiving that, the president and members of congress and the 500 african students that wanted to learn more about the united states of america. acquire those talents and economic reasons to take back home. i said, that should be run by heads of state. with all the money that china is pouring into africa, it would mean nothing if they don't have the principles of these young people. that is one of the other programs that i started with scholars in the state department. when i first came in to congress, it was pointed out, everybody would want to know which -- now that there are 43 of us with so many young people to train the school with the state department's and making go to foreign service. now our state department is represented overseas as we are. >> here is the first video we could find in our archive of your appearance on c-span. as of 1985, on the floor of the house. [video clip] >>
president clinton traveled to africa to talk about it. in august, 50 heads of african countries would be here to talk about the expansion of trade. by perceiving that, the president and members of congress and the 500 african students that wanted to learn more about the united states of america. acquire those talents and economic reasons to take back home. i said, that should be run by heads of state. with all the money that china is pouring into africa, it would mean nothing if they don't have...
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it's part of a lecture series is part of the clinton foundation. live coverage tuesday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. queen elizabeth yesterday agreed to boris johnson's request to suspend parliament for five weeks. this comes as the u.k. continues to try to work out a brexit deal before the deadline to leave the eu. next week, members of the house of commons will question boris johnson during prime minister's questions wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. in the late 1850's, americans generally trusted their congressmen but they did not trust congress as an institution. congressman trust each other. by 1860, many congressmen were routinely armed not because they were eagle -- eager to kill their opponents but out of fear that their opponents might tell them. >> joanne freeman will be our guest on in-depth. book is the field of blood. her other titles include the essential hamilton, hamilton writings, and affairs of honor. join our large desk live conversation. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, been help examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian val
it's part of a lecture series is part of the clinton foundation. live coverage tuesday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. queen elizabeth yesterday agreed to boris johnson's request to suspend parliament for five weeks. this comes as the u.k. continues to try to work out a brexit deal before the deadline to leave the eu. next week, members of the house of commons will question boris johnson during prime minister's questions wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. in the late 1850's, americans...
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. >> former secretary of state clinton told an online newsletter called "the skim" that she was listing president obama as a reference in her application for the white house. mr. earnest: are you a regular reader of the skim? reporter: no. but are you willing to provide that reference? mr. earnest: i don't think she listed me as a reference, she listed the president of the united states, and there's an important difference. you've heard the president say on many occasions how well she performed as secretary of state. that she was somebody who represented the interests -- interests of the united states geedingly well around the world and so -- i think in many ways, those who are interested in the president's recommendation, as i guess she described it, can look at the numerous positive things the president has had to say secretary clinton when it comes to her character and her service in her service as secretary of state. reporter: is the president disappointed in seeing previous information in lawsuits, we're seeing inspector general saying classified information has been leaked we're s
. >> former secretary of state clinton told an online newsletter called "the skim" that she was listing president obama as a reference in her application for the white house. mr. earnest: are you a regular reader of the skim? reporter: no. but are you willing to provide that reference? mr. earnest: i don't think she listed me as a reference, she listed the president of the united states, and there's an important difference. you've heard the president say on many occasions how...
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then president clinton came down. those of you who were here will remember we came up on the stage to introduce president clinton on the stage, the clouds disappeared and the sun came out . i thought to myself boy this guy has friend in really high places. so mr. president, we're thankful for the sunshine today. but we're also thankful for the sunshine of your leadership through all these years. thank you for what you've done for our country and the world. [applause] we can do this again. we can take that bridge to the future that he started building by creating those 22 million jobs, lifting 8 million people out of poverty, shared prosperity like hillary just said. he turned the deficits into the biggest surpluses in history. if we had continued with the clinton economic program, we would have paid off the national debt in 10 years. [applause] he pursued peace relentlessly. i have an irish ancestry. i happened to be in ireland the weekend after the good friday accords that brought peace finally to ireland. he hammere
then president clinton came down. those of you who were here will remember we came up on the stage to introduce president clinton on the stage, the clouds disappeared and the sun came out . i thought to myself boy this guy has friend in really high places. so mr. president, we're thankful for the sunshine today. but we're also thankful for the sunshine of your leadership through all these years. thank you for what you've done for our country and the world. [applause] we can do this again. we...
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to paraphrase bill clinton -- is this really you? as a biological entity, is a tape recorder, very sophisticated. if you are the sum total of all of your memories and emotions and feelings, if that is you you cans, in some sense the forever because you have been digitized. brian: i want your definition for artificial intelligence. artificial intelligence is a machine that can do anything a human can do. this, ifblunt about you compare artificial intelligence to animals, her most advanced robot has the abilities of a cop roach. a retarded, lobotomized, slow, cockroach. you can barely sweep the floor or terminal. but i foresee a time when they will be as smart as ms, being able to run around and find them really quick, eventually as smart as a cat or a dog but by the time they reach the level of a monkey that could become dangerous. that is at the end of the century because monkeys have a self-awareness, they know they are not human. they know their monkeys. dogs are confused. the topnk that we are dog and they are the underdog and we
to paraphrase bill clinton -- is this really you? as a biological entity, is a tape recorder, very sophisticated. if you are the sum total of all of your memories and emotions and feelings, if that is you you cans, in some sense the forever because you have been digitized. brian: i want your definition for artificial intelligence. artificial intelligence is a machine that can do anything a human can do. this, ifblunt about you compare artificial intelligence to animals, her most advanced robot...
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we've been kicking the can down the street for far too long, from the clinton administration to the obama administration, the affordable care act did nothing to make it affordable. we did nothing to curb inflationary costs. doctor took a 2.3% pay cut last year alone. if you are an e.r. doctor in georgia, you probably took about a 18% pay decrease in one year and that's after serving covid for three years. on nights, weekends, holidays, that's your congratulations. so how do we address this? quite frankly, we have to make hard choices and america has to understand how complex this issue is when you have p.b.m.'s, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, medicare, medicaid. when you have the government of all, private pay, hospital system, health care providers, these are some of the problems we have. we have 90% of the ingredients that go into drugs produced in china. you have almost all amocks sillon cornered by an adversary system. and we have 25% to 40% of hospital cost increase. 40% of every dollar spent on health care is spent on administrative costs. that means too much regulat
we've been kicking the can down the street for far too long, from the clinton administration to the obama administration, the affordable care act did nothing to make it affordable. we did nothing to curb inflationary costs. doctor took a 2.3% pay cut last year alone. if you are an e.r. doctor in georgia, you probably took about a 18% pay decrease in one year and that's after serving covid for three years. on nights, weekends, holidays, that's your congratulations. so how do we address this?...
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hillary clinton she can't even ignores the dishonesty that we see from hillary clinton on a regular basis. maybe that's because katie mcginty began her campaign with a lie on her own background, claiming she was the first in her family to go to college, when she knew that her old brother that her older brother had already gone to college and move back here and gotten degree before she had even graduated from high school. so maybe it is her problem with the truth that helps her overlook hillary clinton's problem with chronic lies. jim: so i guess that means you haven't been waiting for this debate. [laughter] ms. mcginty: jim, i would like to follow-up if i might. jim: i will let you. in one second. ms. mcginty: thank you. jim: senator, you know that there are detractors of yours who will say that you are not completely disavowing trump because you need his supporters to win the selection. -- to win this election. sen. toomey: i have refused to endorse donald trump. katie mcginty says that is supporting donald trump. that doesn't make any sense. the dilemmas this. donald trump is a badly f
hillary clinton she can't even ignores the dishonesty that we see from hillary clinton on a regular basis. maybe that's because katie mcginty began her campaign with a lie on her own background, claiming she was the first in her family to go to college, when she knew that her old brother that her older brother had already gone to college and move back here and gotten degree before she had even graduated from high school. so maybe it is her problem with the truth that helps her overlook hillary...
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and then reagan of course had been divorced and we tolerated clinton because as james carville said it is only sex. now we have gotten to a point where here is trump on number three or four. i have lost count. all of these accusations made against him. i think at a certain point character overcomes everything else. i'm certainly not supporting him in the next election. i hope somebody younger and with tter character qualities gets the nomination shared >> cal thomas with his book a watchmen in the night sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy mccarthy and other republican members held a press conference from capitol hill after the house passed border security legislation by a vote of 219-213. the bill passed ahead of the midnight expiration of title 42. speaker mccarthy gave comments on the impending debt limit deadline. on c-span2. >> just been. pay attention. all right, moments ago house republicans passed the strongest border security bill the country has ever seen. the bill secures the border from president biden's record crossing, record carel
and then reagan of course had been divorced and we tolerated clinton because as james carville said it is only sex. now we have gotten to a point where here is trump on number three or four. i have lost count. all of these accusations made against him. i think at a certain point character overcomes everything else. i'm certainly not supporting him in the next election. i hope somebody younger and with tter character qualities gets the nomination shared >> cal thomas with his book a...
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with the diplomatic leadership of president bill clinton, who sends his regards when he found out we were coming, and special envoy, senator john mitchell, the courage of john hume, and my family, paul and i and our children were will honored to welcome them to our home in san francisco in the late 1980's. he told us that night "as we bring down the walls in belfast, we must also bring down the walls in our hearts if we are going to have peace." we were happy to welcome him to our home, and with the bravery of our late friend, martin guinness, who i was pleased to welcome to our house of representatives, a top democrat when i was the top democrat on the appropriations committee which has control over the funding for the international fund for ireland, so he was a regular visitor to our house, to our home and house, martin is a beloved and friend in congress, and with the hopes of the people of northern ireland and all of us in america who witnessed a miracle of a new piece --peace, we treasured the good friday accord, not only for what it meant for northern ireland and ireland, and t
with the diplomatic leadership of president bill clinton, who sends his regards when he found out we were coming, and special envoy, senator john mitchell, the courage of john hume, and my family, paul and i and our children were will honored to welcome them to our home in san francisco in the late 1980's. he told us that night "as we bring down the walls in belfast, we must also bring down the walls in our hearts if we are going to have peace." we were happy to welcome him to our...
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republicans holding the house and senate with newt gingrich and bob dole and bill clinton in the white house. but i watched them come together this is a new opportunity with the new american congress that this president can work with us and looking at the bipartisan bills we have put on the floor, i'm hoping he puts people before politics >> congressman davis brought a bill forward to have americans have more opportunities and move forward with the 40-hour workweek bill and seen a shift from full-time jobs because of effects of obamacare that made it hard to find full-time employment and later this week on the keystone pipeline a bill that obama administration said it will create over 40,000 american jobs. i would encourage the president to create those jobs and
republicans holding the house and senate with newt gingrich and bob dole and bill clinton in the white house. but i watched them come together this is a new opportunity with the new american congress that this president can work with us and looking at the bipartisan bills we have put on the floor, i'm hoping he puts people before politics >> congressman davis brought a bill forward to have americans have more opportunities and move forward with the 40-hour workweek bill and seen a shift...
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former clinton white house press secretary mike mccurry is co-chair of the commission on presidential dedebates. he's joined by the executive director, janet brown. this event was hosted on friday by the washington center for internships and academic seminars. it's an hour. >> thank you very much for being here. we have janet brown from the debate commission. we have her file. we have mike mccurry, who's going to be involved with the debate commission, or is, and also served as a press secretary and other responsibilities. here's what we're trying to do with this seminar that the washington senator has put together. it's called "road to the white house." these are all professors in this room who teach about the presidency and about elections and other elections. we're trying to get as much inside information as students to get them interested in politics, studying it, and maybe even participating in it. so, mr. mccurry and ms. brown, before i come back to you, let me have the participants introduce themselves and the institutions you're from. >> michael rodriguez. i teach politics at
former clinton white house press secretary mike mccurry is co-chair of the commission on presidential dedebates. he's joined by the executive director, janet brown. this event was hosted on friday by the washington center for internships and academic seminars. it's an hour. >> thank you very much for being here. we have janet brown from the debate commission. we have her file. we have mike mccurry, who's going to be involved with the debate commission, or is, and also served as a press...
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she directed the legislative drafting of president clinton's health reform proposal in the 1990's. we will hear from timothy westmorland, counsel to the u.s. house of representatives subcommittee on health and the environment. finally, to the organizer of today's conference, we will hear from greg, the all-star -- author of the "hyppocratic myth." i will turn things over to mike. >> thank you, susan. thank you for coming. i want to start with a confession. my prediction about the outcome of this case was completely wrong. if i had any sense at all, i would go out of the prediction business. i thought it was barely possible that the court would uphold the mandate. less that they would do so with the chief justice casting the deciding vote. i would have given you 1000 to 1 odds and be much richer than i am today. how did this happen? what was john roberts thinking? how could it be that in the two most important cases of the term, health care and immigration, john roberts cast the deciding vote on the liberal side of both cases. i will start by raising two possibilities so we can quic
she directed the legislative drafting of president clinton's health reform proposal in the 1990's. we will hear from timothy westmorland, counsel to the u.s. house of representatives subcommittee on health and the environment. finally, to the organizer of today's conference, we will hear from greg, the all-star -- author of the "hyppocratic myth." i will turn things over to mike. >> thank you, susan. thank you for coming. i want to start with a confession. my prediction about...
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not only taking on the homeless veterans issue, but in the 1990's, the clinton administration went into the inner cities and recruited a lot of women and children and brought them into the military and i have to respond because we have people in the military on food stamps. then, many of them got out of the military. we now have women veterans who were homeless with children. i created a program to respond to that. we created access to quality care for veterans living in rural areas. i established a 3% government- wide goal of federal contract and subcontracting veteran owned businesses. the need to be able to take part in the federal contract and process. i then took those relationships and said i wanted to use force as a platform for healing and i brought the olympic committee and others together and we created an avenue for our warrior athletes to compete in the olympic games. that has become a reality. [applause] there is something else so we always have to do and i will ask this of you when i leave congress. please be vigilant when it comes to our cemeteries. i know many of you per
not only taking on the homeless veterans issue, but in the 1990's, the clinton administration went into the inner cities and recruited a lot of women and children and brought them into the military and i have to respond because we have people in the military on food stamps. then, many of them got out of the military. we now have women veterans who were homeless with children. i created a program to respond to that. we created access to quality care for veterans living in rural areas. i...
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clinton. thei did contribute to former congressman buy theributed 20,000 committees and zero to the trump campaign. i could go on. i am justs about to run out of time. so suffice it to say, that nine of the 16 investigators still on gave to hillary clinton or barack obama to both and none to trump. now shouldn't such a wide disparity and political support of one part over the other give the american people concern that even though you are off the team that the fairness and the lack of bay as and the president trump deserves and the deserve justle might be lacking here. >> yes, you are out of time. thef you would answer question. >> thank you, mr. chairman. sir. what i would tell you this and you to tell the constituents is this. whate had no idea contributions were made buy anybody staffing special can tell office but i you what i would ask to you relay to the constituents to the theand women that i saw, attorneys, the agents, the analysts, for the most bright patriotic hard work people that i
clinton. thei did contribute to former congressman buy theributed 20,000 committees and zero to the trump campaign. i could go on. i am justs about to run out of time. so suffice it to say, that nine of the 16 investigators still on gave to hillary clinton or barack obama to both and none to trump. now shouldn't such a wide disparity and political support of one part over the other give the american people concern that even though you are off the team that the fairness and the lack of bay as...
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to fully authorize it as was done with clinton and nixon. mr. jeffries: we are in the rocess of communicating to the american people what's at stake in terms of the wrongdoing done by the president. donald trump betrayed his oath of office. he abused his power. by pressuring a foreign leader to target an american citizen for political gain and withheld $391 million in aid to accomplish that invidious objective. that is textbook abuse of power. it betrays and undermines our national security as well as the integrity of our elections by soliciting foreign interference in the 2020 election. that is the issue. now, it's my understanding that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are strict constructionalists. they believe in the original intent of the united states constitution. there is nothing in the united states constitution that requires the house of representatives to vote on an impeachment inquiry. there is nothing in supreme court precedent. there is nothing in the federal ules of procedure. there is nothing in the house rules. they a
to fully authorize it as was done with clinton and nixon. mr. jeffries: we are in the rocess of communicating to the american people what's at stake in terms of the wrongdoing done by the president. donald trump betrayed his oath of office. he abused his power. by pressuring a foreign leader to target an american citizen for political gain and withheld $391 million in aid to accomplish that invidious objective. that is textbook abuse of power. it betrays and undermines our national security as...
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josh: look, i would not critique what secretary clinton had to say. kristen: i want to go back to what you were saying about gun legislation. you president is not -- i want to be clear. [inaudible] prohibiting those on the terror watch list from being able to -- josh: listen, i know there are democrats in congress who are discussing this right now. kristen: is the president discussing it, josh? josh: the president is certainly interested and will be a forceful advocate for that legislation as it is considered by the united states congress. you heard the president speak out many times in the past, and i certainly wouldn't rule out im speaking out in the future. the president has talked about using his own executive authority and there are a number of steps the president ook early this year to prevent individuals from circumventing the background check system. there are -- and the president -- not d to use his authority but sort of his stature as a leading political figure in this country to make clear that he's not going to lend his political support t
josh: look, i would not critique what secretary clinton had to say. kristen: i want to go back to what you were saying about gun legislation. you president is not -- i want to be clear. [inaudible] prohibiting those on the terror watch list from being able to -- josh: listen, i know there are democrats in congress who are discussing this right now. kristen: is the president discussing it, josh? josh: the president is certainly interested and will be a forceful advocate for that legislation as...
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i've been on several programs speaking with bill clinton. brian: how often do you teach your class with 500 kids in it? michio: the university said whenever i have to go keynote a conference or something, i disrupt the university. i had to find a substitute teacher, i have to make sure that the grad students can read grade papers and stuff like that. those are disruptive. so they made a deal with me. they said if we cut your slack so that you have more time for speaking and stuff, you can spread the good name of the university, the university benefits, you benefit because you don't have to run back to the college every time there is a speaking engagement. that was a win-win situation. so they reduced my teaching load. which is i think the ideal situation. brian: how big is your university? michio: it is one of the based biggest on the planet earth. the city university of new york has a quarter of a million students. it is huge. the state university of new york of course services the entire state. the city university of new york services 8 mi
i've been on several programs speaking with bill clinton. brian: how often do you teach your class with 500 kids in it? michio: the university said whenever i have to go keynote a conference or something, i disrupt the university. i had to find a substitute teacher, i have to make sure that the grad students can read grade papers and stuff like that. those are disruptive. so they made a deal with me. they said if we cut your slack so that you have more time for speaking and stuff, you can...
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in the clinton impeachment trial those witness has already been compose depoasted. they had testified. and were part of starr's report. here we have john bolton coming forward saying he would respond to a subpoena. that he would come forward with the information that we need to know. continuing to block, to coordinate this trial with the white house makes the senate leader complicit. -- come police knit this obstruction of the -- complicit in this obstruction of the facts that we need to put forth in the impeachment trial and put forward in front of the american people. reporter: i have often heard folks say now is not the time to discuss the use of force and the commitment of u.s. soldiers around the region. mr. crow: i heard that in 2003 as i was carrying a rifle on the streets in baghdad. i heard it in 2004 and 2005 as i was carrying a rifle in the mountains of afghanistan. here we are 19 years later, thousands of american men and women have died. tens of thousands have been wounded. we spent over $4 trillion on our various conflicts. committed over -- in over 30
in the clinton impeachment trial those witness has already been compose depoasted. they had testified. and were part of starr's report. here we have john bolton coming forward saying he would respond to a subpoena. that he would come forward with the information that we need to know. continuing to block, to coordinate this trial with the white house makes the senate leader complicit. -- come police knit this obstruction of the -- complicit in this obstruction of the facts that we need to put...
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well, first, i do not think there was anyone at the time when clinton was getting impeached, looking at that as an error of less polarization. >> the golden days. >> the golden era in washington. i think you did have a lot of people with experience from the clinton white house in the first term of the obama administration. also, you are always fighting the last war. try to passntons health-care reform, the complaint was that they had handed the law down on high, and they had ignored the prerogatives of congress, and so the approach this time was different. framework, a bipartisan framework, largely because it had been built on the republicanrom the alternative to hillary care, and they thought that if the details were worked out, they would be able to do something in a bipartisan way than if it were a president handing things down from on high. theink they underestimated degree of resolve on the part of republicans. republicans came out scorched earth against the stimulus at a time when the economy was in freefall. i mean, this was the bill to prevent us from going into a depression,
well, first, i do not think there was anyone at the time when clinton was getting impeached, looking at that as an error of less polarization. >> the golden days. >> the golden era in washington. i think you did have a lot of people with experience from the clinton white house in the first term of the obama administration. also, you are always fighting the last war. try to passntons health-care reform, the complaint was that they had handed the law down on high, and they had ignored...
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to paraphrase bill clinton -- is this really you? if we define you as a biological entity, is a tape recorder, very sophisticated. if you are the sum total of all of your memories and emotions and feelings, if that is you then, yes, in some sense you can the forever because you have been digitized. brian: i want your definition for artificial intelligence. michio: artificial intelligence is a machine that can do anything a human can do. let's be blunt about this, if you compare artificial intelligence to animals, her most advanced robot has the abilities of a cop roach. a retarded, lobotomized, slow, cockroach. you can barely sweep the floor or terminal. but i foresee a time when they will be as smart as ms, being able to run around and find them really quick, eventually as smart as a cat or a dog but by the time they reach the level of a monkey that could become dangerous. that is at the end of the century because monkeys have a self-awareness, they know they are not human. they know their monkeys. dogs are confused. dogs think that
to paraphrase bill clinton -- is this really you? if we define you as a biological entity, is a tape recorder, very sophisticated. if you are the sum total of all of your memories and emotions and feelings, if that is you then, yes, in some sense you can the forever because you have been digitized. brian: i want your definition for artificial intelligence. michio: artificial intelligence is a machine that can do anything a human can do. let's be blunt about this, if you compare artificial...
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we got bill clinton in the democratic legacy 1992 election, so that to change the rules begin. so we move up as you mentioned earlier, 2000 and the 2000 election year just a little bit and we would be talk about this right now. so the fact is every time we went -- so the fact is every time we win elections, they change the game. as h.r. one showcases, that when we take those rippling pieces away from it, we can win elections again. i think that it's very important that we work harder at the grassroots level, , strengthen grassroots people to know about the basic h.r. one, but also understand the power of corporate money. i think this bill does it. i do think that the more that we work, the more we continued to choke the chicken of the day, that we can win elections again and have the right people so i certainly acknowledge the work done by speaker hoyer and representative sarbanes to get us here. as you know, the naacp is on board with this effort. because voter suppression is real. voter intimidation at every box is real. we've seen in the more recent elections, elections in g
we got bill clinton in the democratic legacy 1992 election, so that to change the rules begin. so we move up as you mentioned earlier, 2000 and the 2000 election year just a little bit and we would be talk about this right now. so the fact is every time we went -- so the fact is every time we win elections, they change the game. as h.r. one showcases, that when we take those rippling pieces away from it, we can win elections again. i think that it's very important that we work harder at the...
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ended up in a government shutdown and i was part of it. , the reason i was part of it is because the clinton administration wanted to use smoke and mirrors to get with a balanced budget. my mother and father told me to do the right thing. don't play games. the government opened up again the administration approached me and senator medici and we sat down for a number of months and wrote the blueprint for the 97 budget agreement. get this, folks. after 10 years, we passed that agreement and for the first time since man walked on the moon, we had a balanced budget in america . we paid down the largest amount of publicly held that in -- publicly held debt in america. we were in balance we had a , projected $5 trillion surplus and america was humming economically. the 10 years of work actually came through. [applause] so i had this ill-fated effort to travel around and see if people would want me. i was a young man. in new hampshire, they said we like you, but come back another day. so i left politics, walked away from it. i have this $5 trillion surplus and i went back to columbus, my hometown,
ended up in a government shutdown and i was part of it. , the reason i was part of it is because the clinton administration wanted to use smoke and mirrors to get with a balanced budget. my mother and father told me to do the right thing. don't play games. the government opened up again the administration approached me and senator medici and we sat down for a number of months and wrote the blueprint for the 97 budget agreement. get this, folks. after 10 years, we passed that agreement and for...
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no clinton came after her to say, you are a racist -- bill clinton came after her to say, you are a racist. obama had to distance himself from a man he had gone to church with for 20 years. republicans do this from people with a faith-based community who went too far. who does bernie sanders need to distance himself from? and if we want a more evolutionary kind of person, who did they have to throw under the bus? or does the premise of throwing someone under the busting to be confronted in general? mr. lenchner: it is a loaded question. i will just ask for a moment mr. sanders has asked my advice for the primary. my advice is to let him know a large part of his base would never have voted who are disillusioned with politics. i would ask him to figure out how to unleash that power. i think that kind of a flip would be a refreshing change that would advance issues significantly whether or not he is successful in the primary. in terms of who he should throw under the bus after defeating clinton, no one. he will be driving the bus and no one has to be thrown under it. ford: i don't have a degr
no clinton came after her to say, you are a racist -- bill clinton came after her to say, you are a racist. obama had to distance himself from a man he had gone to church with for 20 years. republicans do this from people with a faith-based community who went too far. who does bernie sanders need to distance himself from? and if we want a more evolutionary kind of person, who did they have to throw under the bus? or does the premise of throwing someone under the busting to be confronted in...
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i remember when president clinton took over. he said that there was a missile strike or something, turned on the television and all of the commentators were talking about the success and failures of the mission. it is a huge problem. but it is not just the 24-hour news cycle. more and more in this business, we are pushed to make snap judgments as far as -- echoes far as we can. [applause] >> it is easy and fashionable to push around the 247 networks. it puts a lot of pressure on the administration. but i think that in some ways i think that presidents are starting to get used to it. beginning to figure out that at the end of the day, your vindicated by the results of what you do. you know that you will be vindicated by picking up the plant to see if it is growing. i and the end, you are judged by the outcome. and to release steel ourselves for the short term, hanging there when you have convictions about what you're trying to do. unfairly judged by the outcome. >> we can talk about the 24-hour news cycle, but one of the things i
i remember when president clinton took over. he said that there was a missile strike or something, turned on the television and all of the commentators were talking about the success and failures of the mission. it is a huge problem. but it is not just the 24-hour news cycle. more and more in this business, we are pushed to make snap judgments as far as -- echoes far as we can. [applause] >> it is easy and fashionable to push around the 247 networks. it puts a lot of pressure on the...
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eastern, a memoir of the clinton investigation. >> what i am saying in the question -- and the clinton experiences is we heard -- learn from our history as a free people and impeachment was not the wise way to go. at 9:00 p.m.day eastern, on afterwards, former secretary of state john kerry discusses his book, every day is extra. he is interviewed by congresswoman and president and ceo of the wilson center, jane harman. >> john and i work for -- flying to kuwait on an airplane. we were seated opposite each other by seniority. seniority here works because it brought us together and we had a conversation into the night. and hisabout annapolis father and grandparents, his family and his service,'s time as president, he wanted to learn -- his time as prisoner. we pledged to each other right then that the country was still too divided over the war. we thought we needed to try to find a way to not just make peace with vietnam but home. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's of tv -- book tv. >> friends and former colleagues of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh held a press conference to expre
eastern, a memoir of the clinton investigation. >> what i am saying in the question -- and the clinton experiences is we heard -- learn from our history as a free people and impeachment was not the wise way to go. at 9:00 p.m.day eastern, on afterwards, former secretary of state john kerry discusses his book, every day is extra. he is interviewed by congresswoman and president and ceo of the wilson center, jane harman. >> john and i work for -- flying to kuwait on an airplane. we...
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when clinton left, we had a balanced budget in the surplus and things were looking good. [cheers and applause] what happened? what happened? they talk about this great recession that they acknowledge ss if it fell from the sky. like oh, my god, in september 2008, bang, all of a sudden this thing happened! ladies and gentlemen, as my little granddaughter would say, who did it, pop? casper the ghost? come on, let's get serious here. ladies and gentlemen, they put two wars on a credit card, not paying a penny. not paying a penny although i put legislation to pay for those two wars. the voted for a new entitlement program without paying one penny for it. number three, they added another trillion dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy. what was the result? these are the facts. by the time the reigns got turned back tobarack obama and me, they had double the national deat in eight years. the fourth, fifth, or six days we were in office, we were sitting in the oval office at sunset, and we were informed, mr. president, looking at this year's budget you are going to have a trillion
when clinton left, we had a balanced budget in the surplus and things were looking good. [cheers and applause] what happened? what happened? they talk about this great recession that they acknowledge ss if it fell from the sky. like oh, my god, in september 2008, bang, all of a sudden this thing happened! ladies and gentlemen, as my little granddaughter would say, who did it, pop? casper the ghost? come on, let's get serious here. ladies and gentlemen, they put two wars on a credit card, not...
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. >> do you think obama will be more the solitary life clinton did? i am not totally sold because there's so much more incentive not to move to the middle than there was in 1994. it does not s seem he can win without changing those independent numbers. how does he do that? >> whether you win because they love you or because they hate their -- your enemy more than they hate you. the republicans have not won the independents because they love the republicans. they are just mad. angry independents drive the independent vote. an important piece here is to traffic clear economic distinction. these independent voters do not want to deal with minimum wage or social security. they do not want to cut funding for education. and they do not want the tax breaks for millionaires. let's have that fight. i think the president will be really torn between trying to work with a house that does not want to work with him very well, and running so that these independent voters have a clear choice in 2012. >> going back to your question about the president trying a new way
. >> do you think obama will be more the solitary life clinton did? i am not totally sold because there's so much more incentive not to move to the middle than there was in 1994. it does not s seem he can win without changing those independent numbers. how does he do that? >> whether you win because they love you or because they hate their -- your enemy more than they hate you. the republicans have not won the independents because they love the republicans. they are just mad. angry...
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[applause] president clinton: to john's family, thank you for loving him. deborah, thank you for giving hillary and me the chance to be here. to honor someone we love, admired, and happily follow. thank you for going to congress. and continuing the service of a great name. thanks for making the last 40 years good for him. i watched him change and grow at the very end. i want to thank john, colleagues, and overall the decades who are here today who in different ways made his work possible. many of whom honor his legacy through your own service. madam speaker, majority leader hoyer, speaker boehner, congressman lewis, congressman upton, and all the serving members who are here, what do you say, don't you think we owe it to john? let's be honest, one of the reasons none of us would have missed this is this is the only time in our entire lives in public service that we were in the same room with john dingell and got the last word. [laughter] [applause] don't you dare jump up and say something. this service has been very moving to me. many of us had the chance t
[applause] president clinton: to john's family, thank you for loving him. deborah, thank you for giving hillary and me the chance to be here. to honor someone we love, admired, and happily follow. thank you for going to congress. and continuing the service of a great name. thanks for making the last 40 years good for him. i watched him change and grow at the very end. i want to thank john, colleagues, and overall the decades who are here today who in different ways made his work possible. many...
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now, i support secretary clinton and i support her foreign policy ideas, but in a 50-50 country, we can't simply hold our tongues and hope that she wins. we have to show some leadership and show it now so that the american people have a choice when evaluating how to respond to these new enemies that we face. so this is the context in which we decided to produce a set of eight pretty common sense principles that we think should guide american foreign policy and congress' foreign policy ajeblda as we reorient our policies to meet these new challenges. first we argue that america's nonkinetic tool set is dangerously underresourced. we seem to have forgotten the lessons of post-world war ii in which we were spending 3% of gdp on foreign aid in an attempt to rebuild stability in war-torn areas. we learned the lessons from after world war i and we invested gigantic sums of money in rebuilding our friends and our enemies to use economic development and political inclusiveness to stomp out instability that could undo the post-war balance of power. today foreign aid is 4% of what it was in 1950 as
now, i support secretary clinton and i support her foreign policy ideas, but in a 50-50 country, we can't simply hold our tongues and hope that she wins. we have to show some leadership and show it now so that the american people have a choice when evaluating how to respond to these new enemies that we face. so this is the context in which we decided to produce a set of eight pretty common sense principles that we think should guide american foreign policy and congress' foreign policy ajeblda...
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up next, chelsea clinton moderate a panel of women entrepreneurs. this discussion from the daily beast fourth annual women in the world summit is about a half-hour. >> my family is a huge. >> this household there are eight children. it is a busy life. >> my father was working 15-hour days. my life was difficult when i lived back in brooklyn. things were had. we did not have much money. i was in the library and the libraryian came up to me and said i think you would be a good fit for this program. it said girls and code and something clicked. i learned everything from robotics and web design. we learned programming languages. being involved in tech nogs -- technology has changed my life. i want to double major in math and physics. tojulia is an inspiration the whole family. >> what i learned from the program i'm using it to teach my family and my dad. >> i consider her to be a ground breaker because there's not a lot of women in this field. >> there's a whole mess of jobs in technology and computer science. i'm going make it better and no one is goin
up next, chelsea clinton moderate a panel of women entrepreneurs. this discussion from the daily beast fourth annual women in the world summit is about a half-hour. >> my family is a huge. >> this household there are eight children. it is a busy life. >> my father was working 15-hour days. my life was difficult when i lived back in brooklyn. things were had. we did not have much money. i was in the library and the libraryian came up to me and said i think you would be a good...